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Newsletter 96 - 13 July 2011

WHO IS MULLUM s MOST COLOURFUL"??

Mullum Farmers Market this Friday 15 July has a special event... wear your most colourful gladrags and you could be in the running for a prize of $50 Market Gift Voucher and $25 voucher for the runners up. There are four sections  most colourfully dressed man, woman, teen and child. Stallholders will be getting in on the act, and a professional photographer will be out to snap you. Please pass the word around your friends and help to make this a big event, which could become annual. Details call 66845390.

WANTED: PIN-UP POSTER FARMER

In a rather desperate attempt to look local", Woolworths are canvassing our farmers markets to find someone to pose for them. And posing it could well be, as apparently one farmer who said she didn"t have enough produce to supply them was told "only a couple of cartons would do". The woman charged with this recruitment drive is apparently attractive, blonde and hails from Rocklea Markets in Brisbane so she would be quite innocent of the bullies" tactics which have featured in Woolworths" colonisation of Mullumbimby. We hope to get an interview with this woman for our website.

THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS" - documentary about the worldwide movement for localisation, followed by panel discussion by director and producer Helena Norberg Hodge
Mullumbimby Civic Hall
Thurs 21 July  6 pm for 7 pm screening
Tickets $12 or $10 conc.
Beautiful vegetarian catering by Santos Kitchen may be purchased at the event

Both hard-hitting and inspirational, The Economics of Happiness" reveals some uncomfortable truths about today"s global economy, which is creating divisiveness, financial instability and environmental breakdown worldwide.
In stark contrast, it shows how people around the world are already engaged in exploring alternative visions of prosperity: uniting around a common cause to build more ecological, more human-scale, more local economies.
The film features a chorus of voices from six continents, including
Vandana Shiva, Zac Goldsmith, Bill McKibben, Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche, and Clive Hamilton. http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org

David Suzuki: "A powerful film that cuts deeply to the heart of the global crisis. Magnificent!"

KEPNOCK fighting WOOLWORTHS MEGASTORE

Near Bundaberg, the Kepnock community is banding together as KRAG (Kepnock Residents Action Group) to fight a Woolworths Megastore for Home Improvements in a prime residential area close to the High School. Spokesperson Mary Walsh can be found at http://twitter.com/#!/kuriong and there is also a Facebook KRAG site. Mary and residents are not happy about being collateral damage in Woolworths" war against Bunnings.

Getup"s campaign to shame Harvey Norman last week for using old growth Aussie rainforest timber in outdoor furniture has resulted in Harvey admitting that he is an environmentalist too. See the ad and more info on http://www.getup.org.au/harveynorman

LA VIA CAMPESINA

Via Campesina is an international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers. We are an autonomous, pluralist and multicultural movement, independent of any political, economic, or other type of affiliation. Born in 1993, La Via Campesina now gathers about 150 organisations in 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.